From: "trans." Date: 2005-01-22T02:21:29+09:00 Subject: Re: Protected instance variables Okay, that makes sense for public attribute methods. Does it apply as well to private and protected? FYI, I'm thinking about @vars always being "local" and no such thing as @_ non-locals, rather accessors would be needed. It's come up before but I don't recall anyone laying out the pros and cons really.